Electrical Engineer III
About The Position
Crane Aerospace and Electronics is seeking an Electrical Engineer III for its West Caldwell, New Jersey location. The company supplies critical systems and components to aerospace and defense markets. The West Caldwell facility develops microwave components and systems for space, defense, and commercial applications, including GPS III satellites. The Electrical Engineer III works across engineering, operations, quality, and business teams to meet product performance, cost, manufacturability, and regulatory-compliance goals. The role includes defining and interpreting product and process requirements; planning and managing work to meet schedule and budget targets; completing design and development work; analyzing requirements and defining design approaches; and supporting testing of new or modified designs. The engineer also contributes to continuous improvement and supports root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and integrated product team activities. This position is based in a standard office and manufacturing environment, with a cubicle, desk, and lab workspace. The role involves occasional travel to customers and outside test laboratories, including possible domestic and international travel of up to 10%.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant work experience.
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline.
- Knowledge of analog circuit design.
- Knowledge of digital circuit design.
- Knowledge of micro-electronics design.
- Knowledge of high-power circuit design.
- Knowledge of VHDL design and VHDL test-bench design.
- Knowledge of ASIC design.
- Hardware/software integration experience.
- Knowledge of magnetics design.
- Experience with various switching power supply topologies.
- Knowledge of microprocessor core design.
- Knowledge of DO-254 development processes.
- Familiarity with DO-160 requirements.
- Knowledge of design for EMC and lightning.
- Knowledge of analysis and modeling.
- Where access to controlled data or information is required, only US Persons will be considered due to ITAR requirements.
- Complete a satisfactory background check.
Nice To Haves
- Master's or PhD degree.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across engineering, operations, quality, and business teams to achieve product performance, cost, manufacturability, and regulatory-compliance goals.
- Support continuous improvement using Kaizen, 5S, and structured problem-solving, and create thorough technical reports, analyses, and documentation.
- Define and interpret product and process requirements for development, sustaining, and R&D efforts.
- Plan and manage work to meet schedule and budget targets.
- Produce accurate and complex design and development work that meets customer and company requirements for cost, schedule, quality, reliability, and producibility.
- Use problem-solving methods to identify root causes and corrective actions.
- Support integrated product team activities through communication and collaboration.
- Analyze design requirements, define design approaches, and support testing for new or modified designs as assigned by management.
- Travel occasionally to customer and outside test laboratory facilities for technical interchange meetings, design reviews, product testing support, and technical seminars.
Benefits
- Health care, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance starting the first day of the month.
- 15 days of paid time off, accruing from the first day of employment.
- 12 paid holidays per year.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Education reimbursement, eligible after 6 months of employment.
- Some roles may be eligible for performance-based bonus programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
